ITC Votes to Institute Patent Investigation Against Cisco, HP, Etc. Comm Equipment
The International Trade Commission has voted to institute an investigation of certain communication equipment, components thereof, and products containing the same, including power over ethernet telephones, switches, wireless access points, routers and other devices used in LANs, and cameras (337-TA-817). The products at issue are devices such as telephones, switches, WAPs, routers and other devices used in local area networks, and cameras that are compliant with certain IEEE standards.
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The investigation is based on a complaint filed by ChriMar Systems, Inc., d/b/a CMS Technologies of Farmington Hills, MI, on November 1, 2011. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the U.S. and sale of certain communication equipment, components thereof, and products containing the same, including power over ethernet telephones, switches, wireless access points, routers and other devices used in LANs, and cameras that infringe a patent asserted by the complainant. The complainant requests that the ITC issue an exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
The USITC has identified the following as respondents in this investigation:
- Cisco Systems, Inc., of San Jose, CA;
- Cisco Consumer Products LLC of Irvine, CA;
- Cisco Systems International B.V. of the Netherlands;
- Cisco-Linksys LLC of Irvine, CA;
- Hewlett-Packard Co. of Palo Alto, CA;
- 3Com Corporation of Marlborough, MA;
- Avaya Inc. of Basking Ridge, NJ; and
- Extreme Networks, Inc., of Santa Clara, CA.
Subsequent Federal Register notice (FR 12/07/11) available here.